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New climate research predicts “disaster for many low-lying cities”

It is no longer a question of "if" the unthinkable happens, but a question of "when". And the “when” could happen sooner than you think. For decades now climate scientists have been worried about what happens if the vast West Antarctic ice sheet melts.

#ExxonKnew: 17 Attorney Generals Now Investigating

The investigation into Exxon’s twenty-five year climate misinformation campaign is gathering serious momentum.

Don’t let fossil fuel subsidies undermine clean energy momentum in Canada

On Tuesday, Justin Trudeau’s government unveiled their first budget. There’s good news, and there’s bad news.

New Trade Deals Will Undermine Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground

A new report, entitled Climate Roadbloacks, released by the Sierra Club today reveals how efforts across the United States to protect the climate could be threatened by two proposed trade deals, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Drowning in Bad Oil Debt

Imagine you went on a weekend gambling tip to Las Vegas and played roulette, and that you carried on betting on black and yet every time the ball ended up landing on red.

Great Australian Bight and Great Barrier Reef Both Under Threat

Two of Australia’s most iconic marine national treasures are under threat from climate change and fossil fuel extraction.

TransCanada’s Big Gamble on Shale Gas

TransCanada, the company that tried in vain to build the hugely controversial Keystone XL pipeline (KXL), which would have transported tar sands oil from Canada to the US, is now betting big on fracking gas instead.

Oil Bottoms Out, But is US Shale Too Wounded to Respond?

Eventually what goes down, must come up. And to the relief of everyone in the oil industry, the global energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that there are signs that oil prices "might have bottomed out.”